" "f 1$ VM 'i W"P'rf ' ' wrffv - "ywwt1. ' ' ".. ,r4R' ra ",,iar.Vitww'i1 '3'- Of . ---.. ' FMDAY, PEUnUAHY 4, 188. THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. rniDAV, February i, isos. 0c gitanton CriBime Published Dully, Rxepnt Rundiijr. by the Tribune I'ublMilng Company, at Ilfty Cent a Montb. iiRtD t nil rosTorno at sckabwh i. a riCOHD-CLARS uau uattir. TEN PAGES. SCHANTON, FniiHUAltY 4, 189S. REPUBLICAN CITY TICKCT. i I'or School Director. Three Years-PCTKR NEl'LS, Eleventh ward. Thico Ycars-D, I. PHILLIPS, I'lfth ward. Tno Yoars-n. D. FELLOWS, Fourth ward. Two Ycars-r. 8. GODFREY, Eighth ward. Ono Year-F. S. J1ARKUR. Seventeenth ward. Ono Year-ELIAS K. EVANS, rifteenth ward. Election Day, February 13. A political revolt has ItB uses'. It of ten allows men to get their names In print who me usunlly tlussed at public gatherings as "thp vast assemblage." The Plague of Factionalism. tin the basis largely of a : inflictive nrcnult on Pc-n.itor Qury, Inspired by men who have been outceneraled by him in :ast contests in which dlffetencp In piotoutlon1 coveted no petceptlble illfforenc In meth ods or instiiiments, the niove Jiient launeliptl at Philadelphia Wed-nif-day under; the auspices of the I'uslness -Men's LeUKtie may niakf a lot of tumble In stut3 politics In tin ensuing ten months but It will not in our judgment hold out much promise of slice8 Success can come to such a movement only along the lines of an honet effoit it paity betteitnent, in which private grievances and factional Btudses shall be uncelllshly .subordin ated. That Hide Is n wlderpiead and pio found f"olint; jT dissatisfaction mn'dig the people conceininir. many features of the prevalent "ondltlon of nepublicfin Politics In Ponnsylvania cannot be Kiiliis-ald In view, anvniR other Indlen tlons, of the o.e for Dr Swallow; but that this L-'olltiK Is at the command of the facllonlsts back of this latest spec Uicular uvolt wo Feilously doubt. Mr. AVunaina'cer and hi1 stntt of lilted help ers, it seems to us. did not emerge with Millie lent ere lit fiom the lecent scna toilal contest to wan ant the undis--r tinted acceptancs of their piesent piofuia piofesslons of devotion to po litical purity and reform. lie and they may not know it. but their somewhat brazen appropriation of the nicotine In the Bourse las robbed that gathei Ing of most of Its power for patty lm piovemout and has convened what had at one time the appearance of an hon est piofst into dimensions fitrongly suggestive of a farce. We conceive it to be a duty to the Republican patty to speak plainly on this subject. The temper of the people, if we have correctly inteiproted It, is decidedly adverse to the kind of poll tics served up In behilt of Colonel V. A. Stone by that Irrepressible hoodoo and party mischief-maker, Hon. AVil llam H. Andrews. liut it is equally disinclined, wo think, to be humbugged by cant and hypoctisy used as a screen to cloak politics quite us vile. As be tween a frank sand bagger and an unctuous political Jekyll-and-Hyde the choice Is so slight that if this Is to be the predicament In Pennsylvania betwoan this and the next election, a groat majority of the honest voters of tln commonwealth could scarcely be Hamed If they wcte to shut up house und, tako to the woods. The fact Is that the rank and file has gtovvn heattily sick and tired of the leekless "und fruitless factional squabbling and hullabaloo of the past few j ears and is tlpe to be oll'.ceied by l'.epubllcans who have n hlghei conception of the function of le? del ship than Is embod ied iu the mero grab for spoils on the one hand cr the wish to cunrel accumu lated grudges on the othei. Theie Is a feeling permeating the party that It is high time to desist from frattlcldal strife and get together for effective battle against the common enemy. The man to lead such a movement Is not a man who Is neck deep In factional gore but one In whom the whole patty and eeiy honest member in it can have confidence Let such a man appear and his welcome, we .suspect, will be warm. This rational patty sentiment may or may not crystallize in the en suing four months but If It does not, heaven help the party next November! Phlladelphians still claim that they can seo snakes In the Schuvlklll water. It may be that residents of the Quaker Uty who can discern animated reptiles at this season of the year are taking i-ometliing stronger In "thelr'n " Overworked Employes The case of William J. Qulnlan, dl jector and cashier of tho Chemical Na tional bank of New York, who resigned tlV other day, Is one among many of the illusttatlons of the resultH that fol low too close an application to business In lertain callings. The cashier of the Chemical 'bank wus asked to resign on nocount of having loansd nearly four hundred thousand dollars of the bank's money to pereeno thought to have been engaged In questionable enterprises, or i-cnemes that had little or no comn-er-clal foundation. His error It Is mid arose from, over-confidence In the re piesentotlpns of a couple of specula tors whoso enterprises were largely of the wildcat order. In leferrlng to the net of the caBhler the president of the bank expresses tho opinion that Quln lan had not been In h'ls tight mind for some' time and that his condition was duo to tho strain of over-work. A glanco at tho career of Qulnlan show's that lie has been In the employ of Ihe Chemical bank for over thirty six years. For twenty years he has been the cashier, and the .responsibili ty of conducting the affairs of tho great concern' has rested almost entirely upon his shoulders. With the 'burden of care weighing upon him the faithful empjoye; lias gradually become weaker under tho pressure until -t the verge of imbecility before his true condition lecamei apparent to h'ls associates. The expensive mUtako has at last opened the.eyea of tho president and directors of the', bank-that there Is a limit to human endurnnco and that few men can stand the application necessary to conduct a business of such magnitude for any length of time. The case of Cashier Qulnlan has had many pprallets throughout the country. It Is only In tare instances that tho moving spirits of great corporations or commercial Institutions can long en dure the terrible drain on one's mental reserve foice. While spending their best energies for the Interests of the corpor ation that Is too often soulless they be come' pi einuiutely ngvd, und tho men tnl collapse often ends In a ttagedy. Tho prestige and emoluments, of n posi tion of this nature seldom recompense one for the existence of restless anxiety that attends the trust. The princely salaries that often accompany posi tions of this kind cannot repay for the loss of health or reason from over-taxing the energies of the htimnn ma chine. The long tange edltotlnls on the Lat tlmer shooting und the trial of Shctlff Martin that uppear In our contempor aries fiom a distance demonstrate one point very clearly; and that Is the fact that the country at laigc knowe very little of the ttue state or nftnlis In the Unzleton mining legion. A Timely Protest. The dltectois of the Wllkes-Uaiie Young Men's fiuistlan Association and also the dlrectois of the Ostethout libraty of that city, have temoved fiom tlielr tespective reading rooms all copies of Muusey's Mnguzlnc. They usslgn ns a leason that the leading and ad vertising pages of that petiodlcal (and we ma J add, too many others) contain a continually Increasing number of il lustrations verging on the nude. A laige propoition of these objectionable pic tuies are moie or less accurate poi tralts of acti esses,' in which the attlcie of clothing Is a Miilable nppatently fust approaching zeio; others are pre sentments of the female form under .such conditions ns to garb and posttue that decency nccesnrlly revolts. Mr. Munsey has addressed to thee gentlemen a flippant leply advising them to bring up their boys and young iren in cuitnlned glass oases. In a business sense it is possible that this action on the pait of the leading loom directors will result in profit to him and fiom that standpoint he can, perhaps, affoid to be facetious. Neveitheless, the best sentiment of the day will sus tain the exclusion, as a step that sooner or later had to bo taken In view of the rapid model u giowth In the tendency tow aid pictorial lewdness. Better an excess of caution In this matter than an excess of obscenity or conupting suggestion. The question of what books and papois should bo admitted to library shelves and files where they nie open to miscellaneous perusal Is often one of nice and dlfllcult disci Inclination. In our own public llbraiy some decisions have been reached which at (list thought might to mature leadeis have seemed to Involve nn element of em phasized fastidiousness; but on mote cnie-ful deliberation the conclusion, is likely to suggest itself that no harm was done and possibly some harm was pievented. The asencles which are at work to debase the Ideas and tho Ideals of the joiing aie, sufficiently nu metous and active to justify the diaw ing of a pretty tight rein In the op posite direction. Anyhow, who needs to .see the liaie busts, necks and arms of Immodest women? Why waste s-o-much good paper, Ink and money on subjects in no sense woithy of either? Hon. Tom Watson has awakened fr'.m lils political trance. Hon. Tom would like to be the next Governor of Gcoigia. An exchange intimates that when Tom retiied from politics it was a great mistake that he was not re quired to elve bonds to stay retiied. Expert Testimony. An erfort Is being made to do away with the abuses of expert testimony in New Yoik by tho passage of a bill by the legislature ptovlding tint when tho evidence of medical experts Is icqulred In criminal trials, they shall be ap pointed by the court and paid stipulat ed fees by th'e state. This measure hns been framed by the State Medical so ciety of New York, and It Eeems to be a move that can be productive of good results. While tho sentiment ugalnst so-called expert testimony may to a certain extent bo exaggerated and un lust, yet It in certain that there Is a gjod deal of huinbu? about this most common of methods employed by at torneys to befog the Intelligent jury. The fact that almost any kind of "ex peit" testimony can be brought to bear on a case it court hns caused the ox pert to be regarded with suspicion. And It Is probable that many honest and conscientious witnesses In this lino hnve been forc?d to bear odium that has not been deserved, through the cupidity of the unscrupulous, who are letdy to apply science to almost any phase of the issje for a stated sum on application. The medical profession has probably auffered the most from this kind of testimony, and this has been the Incentive towards reform. Any mettsurj that will lessen the abuse of this system will bo welcomed. The theorijs of the scientist properly upplied are often of great benefit. When perverted they become obnoxious and in many cases dangerous to law and order. By all means let the "expert" witness be regulated. , The unlvctsal interest manifested In the coming benefit for the well-known manager, Mr. George E. Davis, must be very gratifying to that gentleman. It Is an evidence that Scranton people gonerally appieclate vn honorable ca reer, and feel an Interest in the futuio success of one who lias ever proved u ptogrcBslve and philanthropic citizen. A Blnghamton man has just been sen tenced to thirty days in jail for tin ow ing un Insurance agent over a picket fence. People who are in the habit of associating Insuranco agents with lightning rod men, advertising solid tots and veteran Johnstown flood suf ferets, will do well to take warning, The oldest inhabitant In this section has been satisfied with the recent spell of weather, but some of the youth ful sprigs who are passing their second season in long pants, contend that the elements have been particularly mild when compared with winters of their recollection. It Is evident that the ris ing generation should wear thinner clothes. Jlnyor Van Wck, of Greater New York, who started out to make a clean sweep of the ltopubllcans in olilee on the territory claimed by Tummnny, lias already struck several large snags in his woik. His lack of tnct In the work of "civil service reform" litis aroused tho solons from the rural district and measures have been Introduced at Al bany calculated to make his efforts at reorganizing the New York government n stupenduous task. In his flourish of trumpets the king of Tammany-land underestimated the strength of the Em pire statt legislature, and now lie re grets that his season of headchopplng had not been enteted upon with less noise. The Wllkes-Barte Leader hastens to Inform the public that Bryanlsni is not a dead is.sue. In many respects this is foitunate. If Bryanlsm was acknowl edged to bo a 'dead Issue by tho Demo cuitlc press It would leave the Leader with no subject for.edltorlal thought save the superiority of "Wllkes-Barte over Scianton as a base ball town. Pel sons with tingling fingers and eats may be consoled by the prediction that there will bo no Ice famine in these pints next summer. Stiunge to say none of the United States senators have thus far accept ed the legislative invitations to leslgn. fin Innovation in Electric Transit Fiom the Philadelphia Kecoid. fj N INGENIOUS system of dec trio A tiactlon for street cars is about to lit be tried in Hanover, Germany. It f was decreed that within the built up poitlon of that city no over head wltes would be peimitted. The un derground trolley svsteni was found to be too expensive; the stoiage battery system Is nUn expensive, and is open to the objection that It is usually neces sary to unload the batteries fiom the c.us at tho cjr bains in older to recharge them. This nerestltaUs duplication ot tho battel y plant, or elso a large sur plus of cats must always be maintained. In tho Huncvtr tvstem tho ovcihcad trol ley wlro is to be used everywhere ex cept In closely built-up sections. Each car will cunv under tho seats a small auNllhuy storage batter), which Is auto matically charged fiom the trolley wire while, tho car is making its circuit in the outl)lng districts. When the car shai have reached the end of tho overhead trolley wire system it will thus liavo stored up more than sudlcient power to carry it over that pait of the route whero the ovethead wlro is not allowed. In this way n much lighter, less costly and more compact and convenient form of battery can lio used than In a system designed to npeinte entirely by storage batteries. It Is somewhat analagous to tho s)stcm which has been found advantageous In tho electric light plants In office build ings In tills countt) where It is necessaty to maintain a few lights beyond the or dinary business hours. The storage bat tery used as an auxiliary to the electric lighting plant under .such conditions Is an entlio succes. o There Is a common belief that the so called btoiage batterj stoics or bottles up electricity which Is developed by a dynamo; this is an error and the name stoiage battery is a misnomer. Long be fore dvnamos weie invented currents of electricity sufficiently powerful to tun locomotives and other machinery had been developed by galvanic batteries. Fifty yeais ago Page's electric locomotive was operated in Washington by a gal vanic batterv carried In the cab. It was soon found that tho galvanic battery was too expensive to make and opeiate, so that electric traction, lighting, etc., were compelled to await tho advent of the modern means of developing electric force cheaply by mechanical means that Is, the dynamo. o Tho truo function of this cheaply made electric force from a dynamo when di verted Into the cells of a so-called Btor ngo battery is not to becomo Itself eml escent or absorbed In the cells; on tho contrary, it Is to do active work, the woik of making from inert materials u powerful galvanic battery, so that when the cut rent from tho clynumo is with drawn and tho terminal wires of tho newly made galvanic battery are joined together a continuous galvanic, not an Intermittent dyanmlc, current of elec tricity Is developed. This differs in no icspcct from tho current doveloped by the Old-fashioned galvanic battery; but it differs radically from tho current de veloped by tho dynamo. In the one case the current is continuous; In the other It Is intermittent. Hitherto tho storage battery system of ptopulslon for stieot cars, though much cheaper than the old fashioned galvanic battery, has proved far more expensive than the overhead trolley system. While we bellevo that the prejudice against tho latter system i3 gradually dying out. as tho dangers have been proved to be largely Imagi nary, there are, no doubt, many places whero the Hanoverian system, if it should prove successful, would find a useful field for application. It certainly has tho merit of novelty. o For some unexplained reason tho stor age battery seems to succeed very much better in Europe thnn In this country. This may bo partly duo to tho long and acrimonious litigation over patent rights In this country. The United States com mercial agent at Weimar, Germany, states In tho consular reports for Janu ary that tho use of accumulators as a motive power for street railways has proved a success on tho Charlottenbe.-g Pferdebnhn, and there seems over)' likeli hood of further development of this means of locomotion In tho city of Ber lin; but tho great weight of tho batteries Is a serious bar to progtess. The Hano verian schemo would appear to ofter an escape from this dilemma, jind is, so far Havilaod Qua ma O O O WK AHK CLOSING OUT FOUIt OV OUH OPEN STOCK CHINA PAT TEltNS At Cost II YOU WANfAUIUNA litNNKR Bi:f NOW IS THE TIME TO 1JU Y W13 AIIE TAKING ACCOUNT !' bTOCKAND WANT TO CLOSE OUT THESE POUIt LINES IIUKOIIE VH II- KUAUY I. CUEMQNS, FE1RBEE, O'MAIXEY CO. I'J'J I.UfUiuriuirm Avenue.' as wo can judge, tho most foaslblo plan which has yet been presented to combino tho economy of the overhead trolley sys tem In the suburbs with the advantago ot tho storage battery system In congest ed localities. A ONE-SIDED FRIENDSHIP. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. If tho tone ot tho Fi ench press correct ly Indicates the drift of French public opinion, and if tho reports ot Amcrlcnu observers in Franco nro to bo believed, the "trndltlonal friendship" that has been supposed to oxlst between "the world's two greatest republics" has be como entirely one sided, since there is nothing of It left In France. Some people over here still sentiment ally recall tho fact that a. Trench king, wlille France wus still u monarchy, aid ed tho American colonies in their strug gle for independence, from a purely sel fish motive, but In French memories that Incident has been superseded by u sub sequent Frnnco-American happening, the shattering ot a French dream of empire In Mexico by a word from the United Stntes. France cherishes up ugalnst 'is that somewhat unpleasant page in French history, and that is one of the reasons why nbout every newspaper in Franco Is now constantly advising Spain to declare war against us, counseling n 1 en gun of tho European powers to com bat the Monroo doctrine or the DlnRley tariff, sneering at. Amctlcati honesty, American patriotism, American civiliza tion, American women, American cour age, Am'-rluan everything. Another rea son is that Franco has been soured by ndveislty. Is discontented with hewelf mid all the test of the world, and so hates pretty much everybody except tho Kus slans. Englishmen, Germans, Italians, Austrlans, Belgians and Americans are nil ullko out of Franco's good book?. o The matter Is not very Important We have no especial use for France's friend ship. There is no leason why France should bo very fond of us nor why we should be very fond of Ftunco. Tho two nations have scarcely anything in com mon, although Franco Is sttll playing nt being a republic. But the actual state tt French feeling towards the United States Is worth tho attention of Americans who may bo led into blunders of oratory or policy, by mistaking an exploded tradi tion for an existing fact. iitf A. MCI Ingham After a season's rest, these goods are Again to tie Frail, and such Ginghams surpassing in beauty and texture ah for mer efforts. We Handle the Genuine Aeder5oe9 Manufactured in GLASGOW, SCOTLAND expressly for the fine American retaiJ trade, and in designs exclusively our own. They are just opened and await your inspec tion. 510 and S12 LACKAWANNA AVENUE OFF WITI ME OLIO) AS THE 01,1) YEAH IS CAST OFF like uu old shoe, bo uliould you resolve to carry out the simile by coining in amUelect lag a new nnlr of our elegunt 'OH Hhoos. Just received for tbone who vrunt advance styles at buckwrurd price. lewis, Rely k Mvies, WYOMING AVENUE PY9 GOLISMTffS fc A Great Ladies' Kid Gloves, iu biarritz, lacing and four-button, broken Hues of $i gloves, at 49a Ladies' and Children's Woolen Mittens 9q a par Ladies' Fancy Striped Hose 6 pairs for 25c Men's Fine Gauge Seamless Half Hose, in taus, russets and fast black, , , , . , , . , 30c, or three pairs for 25c Men's Flannelette Night Shirts, of excellent quality, 54 iuches loug, yoke backs and felled seams, at 39. Satin Embroidered Suspenders, with sliding gilt buckles and eiastic ends, the" 50c kind, at , 21c Men's All-Wool Seamless Hose, 25c kind, at us. Men's Heavy Scotch Wool Gloves, 50c kind, at '....'.'.'.'. 25c Men's Night Shirts, made of Forget-Me-Not Cotton, at !."..".!!.!.."" 35c Men's Night Shirts, fancy trimmed, at 43- Meu's Nightshirts, of Genuine Wamsutta Cotton, at 59c Cloak Departmeeto No other house ever did or will sell such excellent garments as we have at such fabulously low prices. This is a broad assertion, but the garments themselves are the strongest arguments backing up this assertion. $3.00 Garments at 4.00 Garments at 6.00 Garments at Muflslio Uederwear at RecoBreakiog' Prices. 100 doz, Corset Covers of good muslin, well made and perfect fitting 7c 75 doz. Cambric Corset Covers, V shaped, ready to trim 320 Cambric Corset Covers, V shaped, trimmed with embroidery 15c 100 doz. various styles of Cambric and Muslin Corset Covers, V neck, liigh and square neck, trimmed with neat embroidery, at 25c and 29c which beat the world Night Gowns of Fair Muslin , 393 Empire Gowns with tucks and embroidered yokes 490 Empire Gowns with tucks and embroidery trimmed and sailor collars 59c Skirts with tucks and embroidered ruffles 39-, Umbrella Skirts with several tucks and wide embroidery ruffle 59c Umbrella Skirts ot finer qualities and richer laces and embroideries, from...85c to $4.98 Children's Drawers with tucks Sc and upwards Ladies' Drawers, wide hem and cluster of three tucks .' J5c Ladies' Drawers with three tucks-and embroidery ruffle 25c Ladies' Umbrella Drawers, cluster of tucks and wide embroidery 39c Ladies' Umbrella Drawers, with lace edge and insertion and linen ruffle ... 49c At sound of gong. From 2 to 3 o'clock. At sound of gong. From 3 to 4 o'clock. HILL k CORNELL'S Firiitire Such a choice stock to select from cannot be found elsewhere in this part of the state. And when you consider the moderate prices at wulcb the goods are marked is a further claim on the attention and consideration of buyers. GIFT SUGGESTIONS. WniTisa Desks, Dressing Tablim. K-NCY Tadi.es, ClIKVAI. a LARS KS I'Ait-on CADINEH. MuhicUauinkts, OOKIO UAlliNKlS Hook Cares, Fancy Uaskets, IiOUNOES, WOltK TABLES, easy chairs, Gilt Chairs. Inlaid UrtAirts, ItOCKEKS, biiAViNa Stands, Pedestals, Tadouketies, All nt lowest price coimUteut with the high quality of the goodi. Hill & Comeell At 12! North Waihlntton Avenue. Scranton, Pa. TV VA (r5 i c Friday larg $1.49 $110.00 Garments at $4.98 35.00 Garments at 6.98 20.00 Garments at 9.98 3,98 2.98 Hourly Sales In Basemeet At 2 cents pur yard Good Bleached Twilled Toweling. At 3 cents per yard All of the best Calicos. At 4 cents per yard All of the best Outing Flannels. At 5 cents per yard New styles of Percales, one yard wide. At 6 cents per yard The best Dress Ginghams and Bates' Seersuckers. flata Floor Positively the last sale W caKes, J5c. Secoed Floor Ladies' Perfect-Fitting Wrappers, with full skirt in side waist and well made, at 57c. At 75 cents Ladies' All-Wool Flannel Waists, in all colors. At 98 cents Ladies' Two-Toned Novelty Dress Skirts, worth $1.50. At $1.23 Ladies' Tri-Colored Dress Skirts, perfect shape, well made, velveteen bound, worth $2. But one of these skirts to a customer. At 37 cents White Enamel and gold easels; just half price. At 32 cents Downaline Cushions, with ruffles, worth 50c. The Very Best Clotliflog Maennfactmiredl Is the' only kind we have; you can buy it as low as you would have to pay for the ordi nary, Call and see what we are offering. MILE 416 LACKAWANNA AVENUE. THE MODEItN IIARDWAHK STOItK. 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